Dennis P. Petri, PhD

Political scientist, researcher, international consultant. 🇲🇽🇳🇱🇨🇷. @IIRF_ceo and FPST/OLIRE. Director of Research and Professor at ULACIT.

[Dennis P. Petri, PhD @DrDPetri]

Proud to share the publication of my new book, The Politics of Costa Rica: Government System, Political Institutions, and Policy Fields (Springer). A deep dive into the institutions and resilience of Costa Rican democracy.

[Dennis P. Petri, PhD @DrDPetri]

🎉 Just had an incredible experience attending 2026 UIIN Conference: Collaborating for a Better World: From Ideas to Scaled Impact! 🎉 - via #Whova event app

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https://t.co/scu0hO7s5X

[Caleidoscopio Humano @CaleidoHumano]

#19Ene Nueva actualización de lista de excarcelaciones confirmadas y verificadas por el equipo de documentación y monitoreo de #CaleidoHumano desde el #8Ene
1. José María Basoa 🇪🇸
2. Andrés Martínez Adasme 🇪🇸
3. Miguel Moreno Dapena 🇪🇸
4. Ernesto Gorbe Cardona 🇪🇸
5. Rocío San Miguel 🇻🇪 🇪🇸
6. Enrique Márquez
7. Biagio Pilieri
8. Alejandro Rebolledo
9. Alfredo Alvarado
10. Franklin Alvarado
11. Larry Osorio
12. Luigi Gasperin 🇮🇹
13. Aracelis Balza
14. Yugreisi Cabeza
15. Didelis Raquel Corredor
16. Virgilio Valverde
17. Antonio Gerardo (Nino) Buzzetta Pacheco 🇮🇹🇻🇪
18. Diógenes Omar Ángulo
19. Marco Bozo
20. Luis Fernández Junior Sánchez
21. Luis Rojas
22. Yanny González
23. Luis Aquiles Rojas
24. Edgar Guzmán
25. Fedérico Tomás Ayala Zawisk
26. lberto Trentini 🇮🇹
27. Mario Burló 🇮🇹
28. Alejandro González de Canales Plaza 🇻🇪🇪🇸
29. Raymar Nohely Pérez Alvarado
30. Rosa Carolina Chirino Zambrano
31. Endrick Medina
32. Yerwin Torrealba
33. Yuli Marcano Rojas
34. Beverly Polo
35. Sonia Josefina Gonzalez Jiménez
36. Gilberto Rafael Polo
37. Yerussa Cardoso Vega
38. Jhexica Isabel Aponte Figueroa
39. Yoli Becerra
40. Amilkar Manolo Herrera
41. Alan Nilson Correira Solorzano
42. Andrés Eloy Hugles
43. Helio Alexis Sánchez
44. José Luis Agrimon Alejandrina
45. Rafael Alberto Sánchez López
46. William Rafael Brito Brito
47. Yosbel José Espinoza Salazar
48. Humberto José Prieto
49. Alexis Antonio Rivero Mendoza
50. Deisy Hugles
51. Jorge Francisco Sambrano
52. Alvaro Mora
53. Edgar Sarabia
54. Franyer Hernández
55. Renzo Lara
56. Yacoob Hararty 🇮🇱
57. Fabián Buglione 🇺🇾
58. Lurba Rojas
59. Víctor José Pereda
60. Sofía Sahagun
61. Oscar Castañeda
62. Greymar Hurtado
63. Carlos Guillén
64. Giovanni D' Ambrosio
65. Héctor Mujica
66. Oliver Arrieche
67. Dorensky Rojas
68. Aida Brady
69. Liliana Coromoto Guerrero
70. Rosa Dariela Valle
71. Samira Kaspar
72. Maryurit Maracara
73. Greymar Maracara
74. Liliana Orozco
75. Solimariley Guerrero Arias
76. Yerlimar Rodriguéz
77. Alejandro Betancourt
78. Leticia García 🇻🇪🇪🇸
79. Carlos Marcano
80. Ramón Centeno
81. Víctor Ugas
82. Leandro Palmar
83. Belises Cubillán
84. Rafael García Márvez
85. Roland Carreño
86. Julio Balza
87. Nakary Ramos
88. Gianni González
89. Carlos Julio Rojas
90. Nicmer Evans
91. Gabriel González
92. Leandro Stevenson Palmar Fuenmayor
93.Yorbin García
94. Luis López
95. Mario Chávez Cohen
96. Carlos Lesma
97. Omario Castellanos
98. Ángel Godoy
99. Marco Antonio Madrid Martínez 🇵🇪
100. Luis Balo Farías
101. Jason Jesús Tiapa Méndez
102. Dennis Adrián Lepaje Camacho
103. Luis Zambrano
104. Daniel Morales
105. Zsuzsanna Bissanyi 🇭🇺
106. Magdiel Espinoza
107. José Milla
108. Jesús Castillo
109. Nestor Torres
110. Aidel Suárez Medina 🇨🇺
111. Daniel Eduardo Varnagy
112. Oleg Ziesmann🇩🇪
113.Gunter Sandau🇩🇪
114. Pascal Dominik Burton🇩🇪
115. Rocío Rodriguéz
116. Génesis Pabón
117. 🇭🇺
118. Jan Darmovzal 🇨🇿
119. Lisandro Henriquez
120. Willem Frederick 🇳🇱
121. Angelique Brigitte Corneille 🇳🇱
122. Justin Van Der Rander 🇳🇱
123. Nereida Briceño
124. Gerardo Camacho
125. Miguel Rojas
126. Abraham Rivero
127. Isaac Uzcátegui
128. Francisco Uzcátegui
129. Bryan Ángel
130. Juan Valor
131. Enderson Rivas
132. Danis Anulfo Ojeda "Lenin"
133. Juan Diego Lucena
134. Kevin Rafael Pérez
135. Carlos Azuaje
136. Marcos José Palma Martínez
137. Jesús Ramírez
138. Cipriano Díaz
139. Romel Zabala
140. Carlos Martínez
141. Jesús Pirela
142. Jonás Villasmil Atencio
143. Deyker López
144. Carlos Aponte
145. Yevhenii Trush 🇺🇦
146. María Isabel García
147. Zhiad Naime
148. Germán Antillano
149. Jackson Figueredo
150. Luis Peña
151. Roberth Rea
152. Rosa María Mota
153. José Daniel Bohorquez
154. Rosa Urbina
155. Tomás Gómez
156. Aquiles Zambrano
157. Ruth Morales
158. Daniel Martínez
159. Nykhailo Kostiv 🇺🇦
160. Sergiy Rudavskyy 🇺🇦
161. Alireza Akbari 🇮🇷🇮🇪
162.Cristian Cenuse 🇷🇴
163. Dinnora Rodríguez
164. Luis Navas
165. José Rito Ledezma

Fallecido bajo custodia 2026
1. Edison Torres

Excarcelaciones a cuenta gota aumenta la ansiedad e incertidumbre de los familiares. Recordamos también que los militares presos por razones políticas también son invisibles en las listas. Sus familiares esperan día y noche frente a las cárceles que sean liberados.

Las historias de familiares que no habían denunciado antes encarcelaciones de sus seres queridos por miedo nos han relatado que no saben dónde están.

#QueSeanTodos
#LibertadParaTodosLosPresosPoliticos
#BastaYaDeViolacionesDeDDHH
Foto: @ElNacionalWeb

[Dennis P. Petri, PhD @DrDPetri]

Iran’s regime may be crumbling — but the clerics? They’re holding on.

On Five4Faith we argue that resilience of Iran’s clerical elite only accelerates something bigger: the rise of post‑Islam.

Read here https://t.co/w72Kt9MbCA

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In my article “Stop Looking Only for a Religious Motive,” I argue that FoRB violations should not be assessed only by explicit religious hatred. Religious identity and behavior can increase vulnerability even when harm is framed as political, criminal, or economic.

[Dennis P. Petri, PhD @DrDPetri]

What’s the point of posting on X if no one ever reads what I write?

[Dennis P. Petri, PhD @DrDPetri]

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[Dennis P. Petri, PhD @DrDPetri]

Predictions of change in religious freedom often echo “this time it’s different.” But persecution in 2026 is still driven by the same six engines fixed since 2012–2014.

👉 Link to full essay in comments.

#ReligiousFreedom #Advocacy #Research

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Mi libro disponible aquí: https://t.co/NWk8DNQA6q

[Dennis P. Petri, PhD @DrDPetri]

NO hay que cambiar la Constitución de Costa Rica. Decirlo claro en año preelectoral es necesario. La Constitución de 1949 no es el problema: es la razón de nuestra estabilidad democrática. Los problemas se resuelven con políticas públicas, no con aventuras constituyentes.

[Dennis P. Petri, PhD @DrDPetri]

Mi artículo de opinión, ya publicado: https://t.co/k3hiRfMTwu

[Dennis P. Petri, PhD @DrDPetri]

Get your copy here: https://t.co/NWk8DNQ2gS

[Dennis P. Petri, PhD @DrDPetri]

Proud to share the publication of my new book, The Politics of Costa Rica: Government System, Political Institutions, and Policy Fields (Springer). A deep dive into the institutions and resilience of Costa Rican democracy.

[Dennis P. Petri, PhD @DrDPetri]

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@Art0fThinking No.

[Dennis P. Petri, PhD @DrDPetri]

Rankings distort incentives. Nigeria's response to being labeled a Country of Particular Concern? Defensiveness, not reform.
Religious freedom measurement needs to move beyond rankings toward understanding.
https://t.co/ScvGQcqRR9

[Dennis P. Petri, PhD @DrDPetri]

Donald Trump threatens to send a military force into Nigeria to protect the Christians in the north. It won’t make any difference. Read more on Five4Faith, my new Substack, which I co-edit with Dr Ronald MacMillan.
https://t.co/HJaf2SPil0

[Dennis P. Petri, PhD @DrDPetri]

One of my recent articles published in Frontiers in Sociology just reached a new impact milestone. Here is the link if you would like to read our study: https://t.co/X153nIrasq